Secondary carrier activation/deactivation method and apparatus for mobile communication system supporting carrier aggregation
A method for activating/deactivating secondary carriers of a User Equipment (UE) in a mobile communication system supporting carrier aggregation is provided. The method comprises, receiving a control message including an activation/deactivation Control Element (CE) in a first sub-frame from a Base station, identifying an activation command or a deactivation command of at least one secondary carrier based on the control message, determining whether a current sub-frame is a second sub-frame or not, performing at least one first operation for the at least one secondary carrier in a second sub-frame, and performing, when the activation/deactivation CE indicates deactivation of the at least one secondary carrier, at least one second operation for the at least one secondary carrier no later than the second sub-frame.
1. A method for activating/deactivating secondary carriers of a user equipment (UE) in a mobile communication system supporting carrier aggregation, the method comprising:
receiving control information including an activation command or a deactivation command of at least one secondary carrier in a first sub-frame from a base station;
performing at least one first operation for the at least one secondary carrier in a second sub-frame; and
performing, when the control information includes the deactivation command of the at least one secondary carrier, at least one second operation for the at least one secondary carrier no later than the second sub-frame.
2. The method of claim 1 , a difference of sub-frame between the first sub-frame and the second sub-frame is 8.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one first operation comprises at least one of channel state information report, physical downlink control channel monitoring on the at least one secondary carrier, and sounding reference signal transmission when the control information includes the activation command of the at least one secondary carrier.
4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the at least one channel state information report comprises at least one of a channel quality indicator, a precoding matrix index, a rank indicator, and a precoder type indicator.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one second operation comprises at least one of a termination of physical downlink control channel monitoring and a termination of sounding reference signal transmission of the at least one secondary carrier.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one first operation comprises a termination of channel state information report when the control information includes the deactivation command of the at least one secondary carrier.
7. A user equipment (UE) for controlling activation/deactivation of secondary carriers in a mobile communication system supporting carrier aggregation, the UE comprising:
a transceiver for transmitting and receiving signals with a base station; and
a controller configured to receive control information including an activation command or a deactivation command of at least one secondary carrier in a first sub-frame from a base station, to perform at least one first operation for the at least one secondary carrier in a second sub-frame, and to perform, when the control information includes the deactivation command of the at least one secondary carrier, at least one second operation for the at least one secondary carrier no later than the second sub-frame.
8. The UE of claim 7 , wherein a difference of sub-frame between the first sub-frame and the second sub-frame is 8.
9. The UE of claim 7 , wherein the at least one first operation comprises at least one of channel state information report, physical downlink control channel monitoring on the at least one secondary carrier, and sounding reference signal transmission when the control information includes the activation command of the at least one secondary carrier.
10. The UE of claim 9 , wherein the at least one channel state information report comprises at least one of a channel quality indicator, a precoding matrix index, a rank indicator, and a precoder type indicator.
11. The UE of claim 7 , wherein at least one second operation comprises at least one of a termination of physical downlink control channel monitoring and a termination of sounding reference signal transmission of the at least one secondary carrier.
12. The UE of claim 7 , wherein the at least one first operation comprises a termination of channel state information report when the control information includes the deactivation command of the at least one secondary carrier.
13. A base station for controlling activation/deactivation of secondary carriers in a mobile communication system supporting carrier aggregation, the base station comprising:
a transceiver for transmitting and receiving signals with a user equipment (UE); and
a controller configured to generate control information including an activation command or a deactivation command of at least one secondary carrier, to transmit the control information in a first subframe to the UE, to receive, when the control information includes the activation command of the at least one secondary carrier, a channel state information (CSI) report on the at least one secondary carrier in a second subframe, and to terminate, when the control information includes the deactivation command of the at least one secondary carrier, a reception of sound reference signal for the at least one carrier no later than the second subframe.
14. The base station of claim 13 , wherein a difference of sub-frame between the first sub-frame and the second sub-frame is 8.
15. The base station of claim 13 , wherein the CSI report comprises at least one of a channel quality indicator, a precoding matrix index, a rank indicator, and a precoder type indicator.